MinÁs
Recent paintings
July 15 - September 8
No reception for this exhibit.
Admission: free
Gallery hours 11 - 6; Mondays by Appt; closed Tuesday.

COMMUNITY HARVEST READING
Saturday, July 26 / 5:00 pm / $5.00

Community activist and humanitarian Marcus Colasurdo hosts a reading to benefit the Mount Street Family Shelter. Proceeds will be used to buy fresh fruits & vegetables from local organic farmers for the shelter. Featured readers include:

Suzanne Diggs, Baltimore poet & painter who loves color, verse, and dogs almost equally.



Alan Barysh: whose new CD "Art Between Deliveries" is out and will be available at the show (with a percentage of sales going toward the wells fund)

Auset, a widely published poet and winner of a Delaware Arts Council award, just back from a special performance in Jamaica



Jasaga, singer-songwriter and co-founder of Gimme Shelter Productions.

Leo Horigan, father of one, who works like crazy at JHU’s Hopkins Dept. of Public Health

BELLY DANCE PERFORMANCE
Sunday, July 27/ 5:00 pm / Admission: $5.00



Meridian Belly Dance hosts a hafleh, a traditional performance showcasing a variety of belly dancing styles. www.meridiandance.com

YOGA CLASS: In the Beginner's Mind
Every Sunday except July 12, August 3, August 10
11:30 - 1:00 / $7.00

Instructor Regina Armenta (www.myspace.com/yogaonwheels) leads a yoga class for beginners. Participants will explore the connection between their mind, body, breath, and the surrounding world. This revolving series of 10 workshops will focus on the universal principals of alignment, Pranayama meditation, and positive affirmation. This class is for adults of all ages and abilities. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to attend each successive workshop. Wear something comfortable and bring a mat if you have one. Limited to six participants. Call first to confirm class times.

PASA: Performance Art
Friday, August 1 / 7:00 pm / Suggested Donation: $5.00

Elisa Urtiaga hosts Pasa, an ongoing series of performance art. Pasa, Spanish for “it happens” happens monthly at Minás during Hampden’s First Friday Celebration.

Performers include:

Giselle Bailey, a recent MICA graduate. Her piece, Hot Shot, is inspired by the reggae album cover art of the 1970's and Jamaican movies like "The Harder They Come". This era of Jamaican pop culture, influenced by American TV, used the iconic Wild, Wild West motif to tell stories. The performance will feature cool props like a lasso made out dreadlocks.

Adam Gray, who wouldn’t be without his TV for even a minute. His piece, To Be Forget To Think Then…examines the relationship between memory and presence, and aims to land at the moment where they coexist as a whole.

The Audience, who will perform Brush, a participatory, yet hygienic exercise. The audience is cordially invited to bring a toothbrush, toothpaste, a bottle of water, and a jar with a lid to spit in. (The jar can be painted on the outside so their spit may be more discreet but that is optional. Floss is also optional.)